Record of meeting 7 December 2016

The writers

Wendy, David C, Cath, Helene, Pauline, Lynn, Elizabeth, Diane

Words of the day

Exquisite – beautiful

Excruciating – painful

Eschew – avoid, abstain

Obligatory – compulsory

Ebullient – cheerful, full of energy

Elixir – magical, medicinal potent

Edifice – a monumental building

Extensible – capable of being extended

Writing from the words of the day

The writers took the words of the day and produced the following creative stories and poems. Helene - A dress and a mosque, Elizabeth - The invitation, David - Our Malcolm, Diane - The young man, Lynne - Evening events, Pauline - I struggled,  Cath - The bracelet and Wendy - Two spoonful’s a day.

Reading of homework and other reading

Helene - Eggnog, Escargot and Eggplant, Pauline - Jack went to the Royal wedding, and David - Ellie the effervescent elephant.

In addition, David read his story about Darcy from Condobolin and Lost love. Wendy read out her poem Bah Humbug.

Christmas break 15 December 2016 to 3 January 2017

Bring a plate of food to share at our last meeting on Wednesday 14 December.

Be prepared to return to our writing group on Wednesday 4 January 2017.

Exercise 1 – The beads of sweat

We wrote a story starting “The beads of sweat” and finished with “Every clown has a silver lining”.

Helene – Santa is sick, Wendy – Win $100 to eat Brussel Sprouts, Cath – The wood pile, Pauline – Dam brats, Lynne – Hide among the balls, Diane – Sweat in the curry, David – The axe in his hands and Elizabeth – Something hidden.

Exercise 2 - An emotion, a teacher and an animal

Helene – Harry, blood and a bull terrier, Elizabeth – Are you my new owner? David – The vicar and the greyhound, Diane -  My Maths and History teacher, Lynne – Tell me pet, Pauline – Embarrassment and Cath – Miss Jenkins.

Homework

It was a difficult decision and the letter G

Christmas lunch 6 December 2016

Writers present

Terry, Wendy, Juan, Cath, Elizabeth, Diane, David C, Helene and Pauline

Record of meeting

The writers enjoyed lunch at the St Georges Basin Country Club.

Thanks to Wendy for her organisational and financial skills and for Juan who was our un Secret Santa. Thanks to Terry for presenting Wendy with a special red Santa candle

Record of meeting 23 November 2016

Writers

Wendy, Juan, Trevor, Diane, Terry, Cath, Pauline, Helene

Words of the day

Cicatrix – scar                                    

Courageous – brave

Calibre – ability, quality

Compassion – sympathy

Cacophony – harsh sound

Crucial – pivotal important

Currawong – a small wattle tree or bird

Callithumpian – no religious or political ties

Writing from words of the day

The writers conjured up a range of funny stories on the topics including - The decision, Cyril & his hearing aid, Under a tree and Camilla a country cow

Reading of homework

Four committed writers produced the following homework Trevor - Captains call, Helene – Crazy Carol, Pauline – Stories from the Daily Telegraph and life & Juan – Celestial Candle.

Exercise – a nurse, a beautician and police officer & the emotions of pride, jealousy and dread

The writers created a cacophony of stories and poems; Wendy – The cougar, Juan – The softie, Diane – I can’t do that, Terry – Tiffany, Cath – The employee, Pauline – A day spa and Helene – Waxing and exfoliation.

Homework

The letter D and Upside down

Meeting 16th November 2016

Record of meeting 16th November,  2016
The Writers:
Wendy, Terry, Di, Pauline, David, Cath.
The following “B” words were used with imagination to bestow varied stories on bemused listeners
Brandish – to wave fiercely/defiantly
Besotted – infatuated
Boobook – an owl 
Bewray – divulge unintentionally
Banal – unoriginal/ordinary
Bellicose – aggressive/ready to fight

David:  Challenging the owl
Pauline:  It was all on DVD
Terry:  The battle of William Wallace
Wendy:  Barry the Barista
Cath:  A lecture on the Boobook
Di:  The Boobook cull


The ‘’B” homework
Terry:  The gym athletes
Pauline:  What will be will be
David:  Bernard the behemoth policeman versus Billy the thief
Juan – although absent:  A letter from Santa – Bugger all this year.
The exercise:  Using as the first words - I blinked, blinked again - write a poem or story. 
Pauline:  An unearned gift
David:  The robbery
Terry:  Wednesday memories
Wendy:  Stomach blues
Di:  Confused dreaming
Cath:  The tiger

Next week’s Homework:  Using words beginning with ‘’C’’ to write a story or poem.

Record of meeting 9 November 2016

The writers

Wendy, Terry, Juan, Cathy, Pauline, Helene and Diane

New date for Christmas lunch Tuesday 6 December 2016

The St Georges Basin Country Club 12 noon

Words of the day

Alliteration – words following each other starting with the same letter

Abjectly – hopeless resigned

Amorphous – without fixed shape or form

Astronomical – large or relating to astronomy

Afoot - happening

Aphorism – short clever saying expressing a general truth

Stories from words of the day

The writers grabbed the word of the day and manipulated them into awesome stories and poems as follows:  Helene – The twins, Cath – A plot, Terry – Hope I never see you, Pauline – Ideas and eccentricities, Juan – The house and Wendy The Albino.

Reading of homework

Three admirable writers read out the following homework: Helene – An alien in a strange land, Juan – Bob was different and Pauline – Agatha and James.

Exercise

The writers created short stories and poems starting each word with letters from the alphabet in order.  Stories started with All bothersome children, All babies cry, Always, A blue cramp, Agile boy child and Any……

Homework

The letter B and Whatever will be will be

Record of meeting 2 November 2016

The writers

Wendy, Juan, Trevor,  Lynn, Di, Terry, Cath, Helene

The meeting was full of fun and laughter

Christmas lunch venue change


Christmas lunch will be held at the St Georges Basin Country club at 12 noon on Friday 9 December 2016

The homework

Combine the letter A, and aliens in a thriller


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Record of meeting 26 October 2016

Present

Wendy, Juan, Trevor, Terry,  David, Cath  and welcome back to Melissa on a visit from South Australian

More next time.